Shadows
She wipes the tears out of her eyes
And then she gets into the shower
There's bruises on her thighs
She sits there scrubbing for an hour
She can't remove the smell
A crimson trail goes down the drain
This can't be hell
Not even hell can manufacture this much pain
she dries herself
she combs her hair
she's got the courage of a solider
she puts on clothes
and then she swears
that someday when she's older
she's gonna disappear and melt away
and all her dreams
and stop this endless stream of violent tears
and stifled silent screams
She blames herself when he is mad
She thinks she's done something bad
She think it's normal to be sad
-shadows-
We are the shadows of the abused
Of the neglect
of the beaten and bruised
we are the misfits
we are the lost
We are the broken
We pay the cost
She lays in bed
her eyes are closed
she pretends that she's fast asleep
The door is cracked, a silhouette enters the room
and starts to creep
she holds her breath,
she squints her eyes
she bites her lip
gives off a tear
she tries to slip away
to somewhere in her mind and disappear
She feels a hand over her mouth
and knows she's not to make a sound
she reaches for her teddy bear
but teddy's knocked onto the ground
Every second feels like hours
Every night goes on for weeks
she tries to wipe the stench of
cigarettes and whiskey of her cheeks
Why do you hurt her inside?
You are supposed to provide!
You piece of trash
you need to die
I hope you die
We are the shadows of the abused
Of the neglect
of the beaten and bruised
we are the misfits
we are the lost
We are the broken
We pay the cost
We are survivors
and we have a choice
we have the right
to let out a voice
we won't go quietly into the night
we're here to stay
and we'll stay to fight.
We are the shadows of the abused
Of the neglect
of the beaten and bruised
we are the misfits
we are the lost
We are the broken
We pay the cost
I think it's time we find a new solution
a revolution
we're done with this war
I think it's time we take back
what is ours
Let's heal the scars
WE WON'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE
We are the shadows of the abused
Of the neglect
of the beaten and bruised
we are the misfits
we are the lost
We are the broken
We pay the cost
We are survivors
and we have a choice
we have the right
to let out a voice
we won't go quietly into the night
we're here to stay
and we'll stay to fight.
We are the shadows of the abused
We are the empty shell of the used
we are the damaged
alone in a crowd
We've got things to say
And we'll say them out loud
We are discarded
But we still have dreams
We cry on the inside and we hide our screams
But we escaped
We survived and we're free
It's time for a change
Let's do things differently
We are the shadows
of the abused
We are the shadows
of the abused